Test 7 · ★ · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?» What should the grown-ups do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, Dad, grown ups · What happens: ask, die, grow, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Ben asks, «What if Dad dies in the operation?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 What	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 What	punct
5	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 asks	ccomp
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 dies	mark
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dies	nsubj
8	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 What	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 operation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 operation	det
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dies	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Ben						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	die a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Dad					in the operation	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in operation=Attribute

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What should the grown-ups do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ups	det
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	should	the grown ups						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Promise him that nothing could ever, ever go wrong in any heart operation at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Promise	iobj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 could	mark
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 could	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 Promise	advcl
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 could	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 go	advmod
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Promise	conj
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 operation	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 operation	det
13	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 operation	compound
14	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	go	infinitive	you not said here			any heart operation	ever	at all; wrong property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in operation=Location

Option 2

Tell him the operation is only a quick check-up, nothing more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 operation	det
4	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 up	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 up	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	11 up	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 up	det
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 up	amod
9	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 up	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nothing	punct
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 up	conj
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a	present	the operation	a quick check up					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell him the honest chances, which are good, and keep him busy while he waits

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chances	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chances	amod
5	chances	chance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 good	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chances	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 keep	cc
12	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	obj
14	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 keep	xcomp
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 waits	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 waits	nsubj
17	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the honest chances	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chance=Topic
2	is	present	the honest chances			good property	tree rules
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	wait	present	he				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Tell him not to be so silly and send him straight up to bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 silly	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	7 silly	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 silly	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 silly	advmod
7	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 send	cc
9	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 send	obj
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 up	advmod
12	up	up	ADV	_	9 send	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 bed	case
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not is	to-infinitive	you not said here				silly property	tree rules
3	send	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		bed		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination

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